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President Biden set to further regulate ‘ghost guns’

Violence

The Biden administration faces pushback from Republicans as it tries to pass legislation to further regulate “ghost guns” assembled with homemade parts.

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Candidates lay out China policy in Democratic debate

Foreign policy
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The White House threatens to take Congress to the mat on the border wall

Global Politics
Paul Ryan

Here’s exactly who benefits from the GOP’s new health care bill

Global Politics
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How some Indian Americans made Trump look good

Global Politics
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A Friday night "Meet the Muslims" session at the Utah Islamic Center in Sandy, Utah. Members of the center started them after the election of Donald Trump.

Some Utah Muslims feel let down by Mormon neighbors who voted for Trump

Election 2016

Mormons in Utah have their own history of religious persecution. But then the state went for Trump, who had proposed faith-based immigration bans. Muslims there are wondering what to make of that.

A campaign sign is pictured on November 3, 2014. Republicans are poised to pick up seats and could win control of the US Senate on Tuesday in midterm elections heavily influenced by deep voter dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama's job performance.

American campaign rhetoric stuns overseas observers

Global Politics

When you call your leader a dictator, it seems like things are getting pretty bad in your country. But rhetoric like that has been par for the course in the 2014 midterm elections, and The Guardian’s Rory Carroll says explaining that to readers overseas is a big challenge.

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